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Last night ( painting my Lanc) I didn't use what I usually use while airbrushing , that is a unit with a fan that sucks the fumes out a window behind my workbench
Hence , I now have a sore throat and I think it was the result of said airbrushing
Just curious what you guys use?
Or alternatively, am I just an idiot that still doesn't know how to use one of these things?
My airbrushing ventilation is all about good intentions unfortunately. When I was using enamels, I did buy myself a good NIOSH mask and usually wore it. My workbench is in a corner of my wood working shop in which I've set up a vacuum dust removal system with a header running around the room with several Y-connections with blast gates. One is right by my workbench so when I cleaned the airbrush, I turned on the vac and opened the blast gate near my spray container to avoid fumes getting into the air.
Since then, I've switched to acrylics and find them not to smell as much - which doesn't necessarily mean the vapours are OK. But I've tended to stop using the mask and when cleaning with water, I just spray it into an open garbage container. Probably not smart.
My plan had been at one time to build a spray booth connected to the above-said vac system. I may just do that.....some day.
Thanks for the opinions guys , Terry and Dan , I took that approach and ended up paying for it yesterday ( admittedly I am abit soft)
Andy mate , how do you do anything in a shed that cold?
That is a great setup, but all that space for the microscopic models you work on?????